BUTTE — As students head back to school here in America, another mass shooting has marred the beginning of the school year.

Now, students here at Butte Central Catholic High School are responding to the tragedy that occurred at another Catholic school in Minnesota.

"I was a little bit in shock once stuff like this happens, like I get more nervous walking in and out of school because I’m scared someone’s going to be like in the courtyard," says Caden Tippett, a senior at Butte Central High School.

Tippett is one of approximately 55 million school children in America. According to a gun safety group, from 2013 to 2022, over 700 incidents of gun-related violence, including homicides, suicides, assaults, and mass shootings, have occurred on school grounds in the United States.

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